March Purchases

BadgerDog said:
Hello folks ........ :)

They're still out there ............... found this one at a gun show........ :D
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Badger,

Besides the obvious (scope/bent bolt) what else is done to the gun that would distiguish it a 'sniper'

Im thinkin accurizing mods...?
 
Klunk said:
Badger,

Besides the obvious (scope/bent bolt) what else is done to the gun that would distiguish it a 'sniper'

Im thinkin accurizing mods...?
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Great question partner ... :)

Ironically, I'm probably the least qualified guy to answer it, as I know just enough to be dangerous ........ :D

I'm more of a Mauser collector (K98k, Gew98, K98AZ, 71/84, 1888 Commission, Brazilians, Argentines, Swedes, Swiss etc.....), plus I got sidetracked into U.S. stuff without much forethought ... doh!!!

I only have two Mosins, the 1944 91/30 Russian above, plus a 1954 Mosin-Nagant M52 Hungarian Sniper. To be honest, I'm not really a Mosin "fanboy" and I only bought them because they were snipers, which does ring my bell.

I specifically bought the 91/30 because it was a reasonable price and the old guy who I got it from had it for 30 years, which I thought gave me a better than even chance it wasn't a fake or "put together". :D

I was planning on doing a bunch of reading/research, as well as running it past the Mosin experts here. I also wanted to get input from some of the guys over in the Mosin forum on Gunboards as to what the heck it was, particularly all of the small marks. I figured out that the arrow and triangle meant manufactured in the Ishevsk plant, but that's about it. I'll let you know when I get the answers.

Regards,
Badger
 
Wow. Should it be true, the guy wouldn't be able to talk or sell this one...
;)
Nice one. It's surely nice item and interesting find but I wonder how did it get here 30 yrs ago?..
 
Heres one of my recent round-ups:
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The lower one I bought about 4 years back. At that time it still had about 80% of it's decal. Since I have now worn the decal down to less than 10%, i did some horse trading and got a nicer one with 90% of it's origional decal. I don't plan on shooting the top one any time soon, if ever. It shows that it has been fired, but with so little wear on the slide, I doubt it would have been more than a mag or two. It still has traces of grease inside it. Notice how off center the factory placed the decal. Guess they were more worried about keeping up with production, over the esthetics of decal placement.
BTW: both are origional decals, and not repros, just in case anyone accuses me of trying to pull a fast one. I must say, however, that the decals are fairly durable.
 
So far this month I have added a scope to my M-14, a butt load of ammo and my newest addition, a 1941 SVT-40. The wood is very good and the bore is outstanding. I have yet to take it out and won't have a chance here for another week (damn work!).

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- That is it for now... but there is still time during this month!
 
stencollector said:
Heres one of my recent round-ups:..........
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Stencollector.....

Those are simply stunning .......... thanks for sharing the pics .... :)

I think you should share one of the pistols with me..... :D :D :D

Seriously though, great finds in such fabulous condition.........

Regards,
Badger
 
V1 said:
...........Nice one. It's surely nice item and interesting find but I wonder how did it get here 30 yrs ago?..
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I asked and he said that someone else in his family didn't want it, so he took it and put it along side a 1916 Swedish M/41 (6.5 x 55mm) Sniper Rifle c/w AGA 3x65 m/44 Scope, that he already owned.

Regards,
Badger
 
Well had a nice find today, a real FEG made M1895 Carbine. No stock inletting for the bottom set of swing swivels, the original fixed forward band sling loop, original high front blade, and original bluing, not an aresenal reblue. Down side is the Budapest stamp has been ground off, and the bolt is a mismatch (though nice and firm, with all parts intact, no pitting on the bolt face, and the rim retaininer is there and intact).
Only down side is that it has a factory repair to the heel, took some looking in the right light to see it, but its there, under the red varnish.
Bore is really good, she needs a clean, but muchy happy am I :) :)
Best of all, she has the short rear sight, which I just love. What a beauty, never thought I would find one on PEI. Let alone for 125$s.
Made my ammo scrounging trip of yesterday in NB forgetful :D
 
BadgerDog said:
I asked and he said that someone else in his family didn't want it, so he took it and put it along side a 1916 Swedish M/41 (6.5 x 55mm) Sniper Rifle c/w AGA 3x65 m/44 Scope, that he already owned.

Regards,
Badger
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PU snipers were coming to the US as early as the mid 1960's when they began popping up in Hollywood movies. For example, the sniper in "Kelly's Heroes" uses a Mosin PU sniper because the 1903A4 wasn't released from US inventories yet and it was the only WW2 sniper then available from import houses to be used as props.

Probably they came out of someplace like Poland, Chzechoslovakia or Yugoslavia as those countries gravitated away from the Soviet sphere of influence and upgraded their sniper rifles to SVD's and other nifty kit. Another probabe source is South Korea where much ex-soviet kit was acquired and brought back by vets.
 
OK, had a look at the sniper detail pics. The bolt is mismatched but appears to be a real sniper bolt. The mount is real and from pictures but too hard to tell if it's originally matched (originals were EP'd). The scope is not the original. The number 2321517 along the woodline would have been the original scope's serial number. The '43 PU scope is also legit, nut not the scope that the rifle left the factory with.

IMHO, it's a refurb - probably not done at one of the primary Soviet arsenals or the bolt would have been renumbered on the lug flat with the old number cancelled out.

Hope that helps?
 
Correction to my last.
I got 2 mosin negat m-44s
both russian, 1952 mfg. One in great condition and the other needs some work. Anybody selling a stock?

Stencollector: very nice high powers.
 
Kelly's Heros was filmed in Ex-Yougoslavia, Hence the 91/30 Sniper was easily available to the filmmaker as a prop.
 
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